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How I Wrote Myself into a Real-life Romantic Comedy – That Turned into a Survivalist Thriller
As a filmmaker, I thought I could write the screenplay for my own love life. When I got lost in a hailstorm at 12,000 feet, searching for my ex, I…
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Melissa Johnson
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The Day My Therapist Dared Me to Have Sex With Her
My analyst and I grew more intimately connected each week of treatment...but I never saw this indecent proposal coming.
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Michael Stahl
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I Found God at Queer Summer Camp
I left the evangelical church when I came out as a lesbian. Then I found faith again in the place I least expected.
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Jeanna Kadlec
My Lifelong Journey to Find Pee-wee Herman
My first attempt to meet him turned out to be a cover story for my parents' messy split. Thirty years later, I decided to find Pee-wee on my own terms.
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Angelina Drake
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My Childhood in an Apocalyptic Cult
A clandestine cult with twenty children to a room, no outside music, movies or books, and no contact beyond the compound. For the first fifteen years of…
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Flor Edwards
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I Went to the Hospital to Give Birth…And Tested Positive for Meth
When the nurse first told me, mid-labor, that there were methamphetamines in my system, I cracked up laughing at the absurdity. When child services…
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Maggie Downs
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A Super Strange True Love Story: My Disappearing Fiancé
After years of avoiding love, I found a match that seemed almost too perfect. We were practically walking down the aisle before I realized it really was…
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Annalisa Merelli
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